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A display shows a vehicle and person recognition system for law enforcement during the NVIDIA GPU Technology Conference in Washington, DC, November 1, 2017. (Image credit: SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images).

AI ‘Bill of Rights’ must be accompanied by NIST risk management framework say experts

Bias and privacy risks associated with the technology can't be properly identified until NIST completes much-awaited impact assessments.

Oct 4, 2022 By Dave Nyczepir

File photograph dated May 6, 2010 shows traders on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange looking at stocks during the final minutes of trading during the Wall Street “flash crash”, which was prompted by one firm’s algorithm selling off 75,000 stocks in 20 minutes, according to a joint report by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP via Getty Images)

CFTC eyes natural language processing to standardize data, improve customer experience

Commodity Futures Trading Commission employees need standardized data to effectively oversee product markets.

Mar 16, 2022 By Dave Nyczepir

White House launches US Digital Corps

The fellowship is designed to place early-career software engineers, data scientists and other technologists at federal agencies.

Aug 30, 2021 By Dave Nyczepir

NOAA missions reap the benefits of low-code development as product owners

While the technology isn't new, agencies' use of it is just beginning to take off.

Feb 6, 2020 By Dave Nyczepir

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. (Ted Eytan / Flickr)

Report: CFPB should assess risks to cloud systems before their deployment

The system went unnamed in the Federal Reserve OIG's evaluation, but it supports the bureau's Consumer Response Call Center.

Jul 23, 2019 By Dave Nyczepir

CFPB inspector general: Consumer complaint database needs better identity management

A recent report recommends that the bureau increase controls to ensure that users are who they say they are.

Jul 3, 2018 By Tajha Chappellet-Lanier

Mick Mulvaney, Office of Management and Budget director, speaking at a House Oversight and Government Reform hearing in 2015.

Reports: Mulvaney wants to end public access to CFPB’s Consumer Complaint Database

The agency's acting director isn't interested in running a "Yelp for financial services sponsored by the federal government," he said.

Apr 24, 2018 By Tajha Chappellet-Lanier

CFPB gets top marks on DATA Act compliance

The Bureau's inspector general called its data submission for the second quarter of financial year 2017 "complete, timely, accurate, and of good quality."

Oct 27, 2017